Undergarment



Dec. 1s, 1923. 3,478,147

l C. A. SUS STRONG UNDERGARMENT Filed Nov. 23. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 18 1923. 3,4783147 c. A. sus STRONG UNDERGARMENT Filed Nov. 23. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @delai-0.2*

Patented Dec. i8, i923.

(im 28AM? UNDERGARLENT.

Application led November 23, 1922.

2' 10 all whom t may concern.

Be it known that l, CARL A. Sus STRONG, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Undergarments, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to undergarments particularly adapted for ladies wear, and pertains more speciically t0 an undergarment of the type commonly known as bloomers.

One of the primary purposes of this invention is to provide a garment which will be comfortable for the wearer, and which will permit freedom of movement in stooping and bending positions without binding or cramping the wearer or drawing downwardly upon the waist of the garment.

With these ends in View, a garment embodying my invention is designed to afford ample seat and hip room without at the same time rendering the garment clumsy, `bunglesome, or unattractive. To accomplish these ends my imp-roved garment is provided at the sides with gussets, which, together with the adjoining pieces, and particularly the back pieces, of the garment to which they are connected, are s0 shaped and united together that ample room is provided in the seat without making the seat itself baggy or unshapely. The back and gusset pieces, which give the desired seat room without pulling or distorting the front of the garment, are so designed that the surplus material will, whennot extended, fold into plaits at the sides of the garment so that the garment will hang straight at the sides and not bulge outwardly objectionably as would be the case if a mere surplus of material were provided at the sides without incorporating in the garment my novel gusset construction.

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of my invention, l have illustrated a preferred embodiment thereof on the ac companying drawings, referring to which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a garment embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view in perspective taken on the line 2--2 of F ig. 1, showing the parts partially extended;

F ig. 3 illustrates the patterns for the front, back, and gusset pieces of one half of the garment;

Serial No. 602,695.

l? ig. 4t similarly represents the pieces for the other half of the garment;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showing one of the plaits into which the material falls when the parte are not eX- tended;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one half of the garment;

Fig. 7 is a similar view of the other half;

Fig. 8 shows one half of the garment with the front piece folded over onto the back piece; and

Fig. 9 shows the parts flat-tened out with the tops and bottoms aligned to produce the bulge or fullness in the back piece.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, it will be observed that my improved garment comprises essentially a pair of duplicate front pieces 6 and i', respectively, united by a front seam 8; a pair of back pieces 9 and 11 united by a back seam 12; and a pair of gussets 13 and 14 inserted between the frontand back pieces at the sides of the garment, connected thereto, respectively, by the seams 15 and 16 on one side of the garment, and 1i' and 1S on the other side. rthe front and back pieces are sewed to each other beyond the ends of the gusset by a siee seam comp-rising a portion 19 extending from the bottom of the leg upwardly to the lower end of each gusset, and a portion 9.1 extending from the upper end of the gusset to the top of the garment, the ends of the gusset being merged into these respective portions of the side seam. The top of the garment may be equipped with an elastic band 22, or a draw string if preferred, and the bottom of each leg is also preferably equipped with an elastic band 23.

ln'order to accomplish the objects of the invention above enumerated, the Various pieces of the garment are eut in accordance with the patterns illustrated in Figs. 8 and 4. Since the patterns of the two sides of the garment are substantially duplicates of each other, the same reference characters will be employed in designating similar parts on duplica-te pieces of the pattern.

Referring now to rigs. 3 and 4f, reference character 24 indicates the back pieces, the edges 25 of which are joined together by the back: seam 8. The upper edge 26 of each back piece is inclined upwardly from the side edge to the back seam, as also shown in Fig. 8, and the back edge 25 is considerably longer than the front edge 27. The edges 29 of the back pieces are united to their respective edges 3l of the front pieces to lorm the legs of the garment by the usual inseains 30.

The side edges of each back piece is cut concavely intermediate its ends, as indicated by reference character 32, and the opposed side edge ot each t'ront piece is cut convexly,.as indicated at 33. Between these opposed curved edges there is interposed a gusset 34E, tapered toward both ends, as illustrated on the pattern, one edge 35 ot each gusset being straight, while the other edge 36 is convex. The straight edge 35 ot' the gusset is united by a seam with the concave edge 32 of the back piece, while the convex edge 36 ot the gusset is united by a seam to the convex edge 33 of its respective liront piece. The ends or' the gusset-s merge into the upper and lower portions 2l and 19, respectively, of the side seams, as previously stated.

lt will be observed from the pattern and trom F ig. 8 that the rear edge 25 or' each back piece is nearly as long as the side edge So that when the top ot the garment is disposed horizontally, as in Fig. 9, the material in the back drops or bulges to provide tullness at the seat. rlhis feature alone contrib utes materially to the seat room which is at'- torded without drawing or pulling upon the side seams which are sewed straight without puckers 0r Shirrs. The material in the back ot the garment is enabled to assume this fullness without drawing upon the side seams, by reason of the :tact that the shape `ot the side edges and the shape ot the inserted gusset permit the back to rock or tilt downwardly about the gusset which serves as a iiexible tulcrum. In addition to this function, the gusset provides a surplus ot material which may expand when the wearer bends or stoops, thereby providing still urther seat room, which contributes toward the comfort oithe garment.

The gussets, therefore, in addition to serv` ing as flexible points about which the back pieces may rock, provide a surplus oi' material at the sides ot the garment, which, when extended, affords ample hip and seat room for the wearer. l/Vhen, however, the parts are not extended, they tall, by reason of the peculiar shape or the various pieces, into a plait disposed upon the interior of the garment, as is illustra-ted in Fig. 5, thereby obviating any outward bulging or projection of the garment, such as would ensue if the side edges of the garment were merely convex and united by astraight side seam from top to bottom.

The garment, therefore, by reason of the shape of the various pieces, fits comparatively snugly and hangs in straight lines without objectionable bulging or projection, and at the same time it amply provides for desirable seat and hip room so as to obviate pullingv or binding as the result of bending or stooping movements of the wearer.

Obviously the shape of the various parts and the manner in which they are united may be varied within considerable limits without departing Jfrom the scope of the invention, as defined in the following claims.

l claim:

l. An undergarment comprising front and back pieces united from the bottom part way up the leg and also at the top by a side seam, the Side edge ot said back piece between said portions ot the side seam being concave, and a gusset tapered toward both ends interposed between said front and back pieces and sewed along one edge to said concave edge of the back piece, and along its other edge to the opposed edge of the front piece, the endsoi' said gusset being merged in said side seam. i

in undergarment comprising a front piece having a convex side edge intermediate its ends, a back piece having a concave side edge opposed to said convex side edge of the :front piece, and a gusset tapered toward both ends and having its edges sewed respectively to the convex and concave side edges et said front and back pieces, said iront and baci; pieces being united by a side seam exe tending trom said gusset.

3. An undergarment comprising front and back pieces, having their side edges cut re spectively convex and concave intermediate their ends, and a gusset having a straight edge sewed to the concave edge of the back piece and a convex edge sewed to the convex edge ot said front piece and adapted to told into a plait, the edges oi said front and back pieces beyond the gusset being united by a side seam.

t. An undergarment comprising duplicate `ront pieces having inclined front edges, duplicate back pieces having inclined rear edges of greater length than said -front edges of the front pieces, the tops of said bacl; pieces being'inclined upwardly from Jfront to rear, the front edges of the back pieces being concave and the rear edges of the iront pieces being convex, and gussets each having` one convex edge sewed to the convex edge ot a front piece and a straight'edge sewed to the concave edge ot the back piece,

said front and bach pieces being united be yond the ends of said gussets by side seams CARL A. SUS STRONG. 

